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			<h1>No days off this week</h1>
			<p>Day 00732: Wednesday, 2017 March 08</p>
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		I&apos;d planned to have today off to finish my coursework, but I had to cover a shift, as I said yesterday.
		My shift got extended, too.
		Luckily, I completed everything that was due today before I went into work.
		My one learning journal entry was complete days ago too, and the other could only be completed if I caught up on the exercises from the past two weeks or the week ended, so without time for the former, I had to wait for the latter anyway.
		Still, it was frustrating not to be able to complete the catch-up work I wanted to.
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		My <a href="/a/canary.txt">canary</a> still sings the tune of freedom and transparency.
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	<h2>University life</h2>
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		My academic advisor wrote back suggesting I fix the issue with PayPal ...
		Like I haven&apos;t tried that!
		PayPal representatives refuse to respond to me.
		I don&apos;t have the time to keep pestering them when they&apos;re just ignoring me, either.
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		I graded the essays I needed to grade this week, then turned my attention to discussion responses:
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			You make a good point about niche markets and global inclusion.
			Not every country knows about or cares about American &quot;football&quot; or baseball, so trying to put together teams of athletes from around the world makes little sense.
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			As for Google, you say that only talent should matter to them, not culture.
			The problem is that Google tries to market to everyone and fill many markets.
			Google needs people of many cultures in order to do this.
			Marketing to people often requires an understanding of how those people think and feel.
			They need to know in what way to properly advertise their products.
			If they market incorrectly, they&apos;ll push customers away.
			One example is that when I see packaging boasting patented technology in the product, I avoid that product because I think artificially-imposed monopolies, such as those created through patents, are evil.
			They also need people of other cultures to identify the needs of people of those cultures.
			For example, McDonald&apos;s won&apos;t do well in India if they don&apos;t realize that Indians think cows are holy.
			If McDonald&apos;s tries to sell beef hamburgers in India, they&apos;re going to be met with resistance and lack of business!
			Using knowledge of different cultures, Google&apos;s also able to profit from yet-untapped markets, as they can identify unmet needs that people of these cultures have.
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			I completely agree that which argument to use depends heavily on your target audience.
			As everyone has their own moral framework and values, a single argument isn&apos;t going to be convincing to everyone.
			It&apos;s more effective to make several arguments in favor of your point, then choose the best-fit one for each person you try to convince.
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			You also make a good point about corporations and their motives.
			It&apos;s difficult to look at what a company is up to without questioning their motives.
			While there exist humanitarian corporations, most companies just want to make a buck, regardless of social damage they may or may not cause in the process.
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			That&apos;s exactly what I think, too.
			Google&apos;s promoting diversity in an effort to help themselves.
			That said, they&apos;re at least honest about it.
			While I don&apos;t like Google, I can&apos;t find any flaw in them intentionally hiring a diverse set of employees to benefit themselves as long as they&apos;re open and honest about what their motivation for doing so is.
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			Like you said though, setting opportunities aside for minorities is taking them away from majorities.
			Hopefully in time, affirmative action will no longer be necessary, but for now, strong affirmative action makes things more difficult for people that might otherwise succeed just fine.
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